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How do I turn WIFI on/off on a NETGEAR AC1600 router?
I recently purchased a NETGEAR AC11600 (R6330-1AZNAS).
I have 4 hard wired devics and 3 wireless devices.
I occassionally have guests that request me to "turn off" my WIFI when they are visiting. I am trying to figure out how to do that without shutting down the router (which would turn off my hard connections also).
I have been able to access the route configuration page , but I don't see an "on/off" button, and I don't really want to change the config. (I'm very inexperienced and don't want to break anything).
Any suggestions?
3 Replies
> [...] I don't see an "on/off" button [...]
Where did you look? Here's a radical concept which works for some
people:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read. Look for the
LED and button descriptions and "Control the WiFi radios". Further
reading might not hurt, either.Well, I see this community was incorrectly advertised. I was pointed here as a helpful source of information. A more appropriate reference would be a derogatory , snarky source of worthless information.
No manual came with the box. The FIRST place I went was to the support page you so snidely referenced and I did put in my manual number and nothing came up. The SUPPORT page pointed me to the community.
I searched the community and found nothing.
When I said looked, I looked at the above, and I also mentioned that I went to the control page for the router and did not see any control on that page for turning off the WIFI vs unconfiguring it.
I also mentioned that I was inexperienced, so it is possible that I might have done one of the wrong.
I hope your response made you feel better about your self. There certainly was nothing about it to make others think better of you.
> No manual came with the box. [...]
Not my fault.
> [...] I did put in my manual number and nothing came up. [...]
What, exactly, does "my manual number" mean to you? Look for "Model"
on the product label.> I searched the community and found nothing.
"searched the community" for _what_?
> When I said looked, I looked at the above, [...]
What, exactly, does "the above" mean to you?
> I also mentioned that I was inexperienced, [...]
Great experience or expertise is not required to operate the Netgear
support web site. When I followed my own instructions, and put "R6330"
into the form there, I had no trouble. With my weak psychic powers, I
can't see what you did.> I hope your response made you feel better [...]
Not really. Did your inability to find the User Manual for your
device affect your self-image? Considering your demonstrated
ineptitude, how highly valued did you think that your opinions on other
subjects would be?Even my simple Web search for terms like:
Netgear R6330 User Manual
provided a link to that manual at the Netgear site (plus other junk
from less reliable sources). Hordes of unskilled people have found
their router User Manuals at the Netgear support site. It's not that
complicated. I suspect that even you could do it if you put more
thought into it.Generally, providing the instructions is more helpful than providing
a simple link to one document, but if you still can't find it on yourown, then you might try:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R6330/R6330_UM_EN.pdf